Hi I have recently brought a Brother HL5200DW monochrome laser printer, however my Finale staves and notes etc print like they are made up of tiny dots. I have just discovered that the printer defaults to printing at 600dpi to increase print speed! So, I have set it to 1200dpi and now look forward to better printouts. If I spend two months preparing a score, I don't mind waiting an extra minute or two for a better printout!
Just thought I'd raise this as others may be unaware of the default setting.
Cheers,
Hector.
Default Print Resolution
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Follow-up question:
When printing to PDF, does it "print" at the highest resolution?
Cheers,
HP.
When printing to PDF, does it "print" at the highest resolution?
Cheers,
HP.
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When printing to PDF you get vector graphics.
Vector graphics means that there is no fixed resolution - everything is described via mathematical formulas.
You can scale vector graphics up to any big size - without getting “jaggies”.
And the print resolution will always be the best resolution the printer can yield.
Vector graphics means that there is no fixed resolution - everything is described via mathematical formulas.
You can scale vector graphics up to any big size - without getting “jaggies”.
And the print resolution will always be the best resolution the printer can yield.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996